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Subscription created

A subscription_created event is fired when a customer subscribes to a new subscription, successfully.

Information sent in the payload for a subscription_created webhook is summarised in the table below.

Property Type Description Example
alert_id string The unique identifier for this paddle webhook alert. Integer value sent as a string.
alert_name string The alert name. Default value: subscription_created
cancel_url string<uri> A URL for the ‘Cancel Subscription’ page. See this documentation for further information about cancelation URLs. Store this url together with the subscribed customer in your database.
Max length: <=200 characters
checkout_id string The checkout id of the order created. 27835673-chre93c81118fc7-b3092639c1
currency string The three-letter iso currency code. For a full list of supported currencies, see our Supported Currencies page. USD GBP
custom_data string A JSON encoded string of custom data that was passed into the checkout for this subscription {"external_id": 42}
email string<email> The email address of the customer.
event_time string<date-time> The date and time the event was triggered in UTC (coordinated universal time). [0-9]{4}-(0[1-9]&#124;1[0-2])-(0[1-9]&#124;[1-2][0-9]&#124;3[0-1]) (2[0-3]&#124;[01][0-9]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]
marketing_consent string The value of this field 0 or 1 indicates whether the user has agreed to receive marketing messages from the vendor.
Allowed values: 0 1
next_bill_date string<date> The date the next payment is due for this subscription.
p_signature string Contains an encrypted token that you can use to verify the request authenticity. See Verifying Webhooks.
passthrough string Contains any values that you passed into the checkout using the passthrough parameter. See the Pass Parameters documentation for more information.
Max length: <=1000 characters
quantity string The number of products or subscription seats sold in the transaction.
source string Referrer website url(s) from where the traffic originated.
status string The current status of the subscription. A list of possible values and their meanings can be found in Event Statuses.
Allowed values: active trialing past_due paused deleted
subscription_id string The unique Subscription ID for this customer’s subscription. Store this with the customer in your database, as it is needed for making API calls.
subscription_plan_id string The ID of the Subscription Plan to which the customer is subscribed. This value changes if the plan changes.
unit_price string The price per unit of the subscription.
update_url string<url> The URL for the Update Payment Details page. See this documentation regarding update URLs. Store this URL together with the subscribed customer in your database.
user_id string The customer User ID.